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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Forest of Dean District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,178 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Coach House Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE
Received 24 May 2022Harthill Grange Sandy Lane Hewelsfield GL15 6XA
Received 24 May 202212A Ryelands Road Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6LD
Received 25 May 2022The Hawfield Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE
Received 26 May 20225 Lancaster Terrace Hill Top Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EA
Received 25 May 202214 Castle Crescent St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UA
Received 26 May 2022Bench At Symonds Yat Rock Gloucestershire
Received 26 May 2022Land Adjoining Rock Meadow Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3FA
Received 27 May 2022Cedarwood Edens Hill Upleadon GL18 1EE
Received 27 May 202234 North Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DR
Received 27 May 2022Land At Watery Farm (Plot 1) Nine Wells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 27 May 2022Land At Watery Farm (Plot 2) Nine Wells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 27 May 2022Tesco Stores Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AQ
Received 27 May 2022Land Adjacent To 12 Strathmore Gardens Sling Gloucestershire GL16 8JQ
Received 27 May 2022Pathwell Bungalow Parawell Lane Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6EY
Received 27 May 2022Court Farm Broad Street Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3JT
Received 30 May 2022Rowan Dean House Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AJ
Received 30 May 2022The Fountain Inn Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JD
Received 30 May 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 30 May 202234 High Street Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 30 May 202234 High Street Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 30 May 2022Church Cottage Awre Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA
Received 31 May 2022Meribel Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BN
Received 31 May 2022Co-op Market Square Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1PS
Received 31 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Forest of Dean District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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